Stories from the Field

April 2007

Baptized at Last

From Compassion Net daily prayer

International Mission Board workers ministering among the Futa Toro peoples of West Africa report a recent praise: a woman with whom they had been meeting for nearly 10 years finally agreed to be baptized. More than nine years ago, N. approached the missionaries under cover of darkness to learn more about the "Jesus Way" of which the Christians had spoken. She feared retaliation from her family or neighbors if they were to find her studying the Bible. Even after N. became a Christian, she refused to follow through with baptism. "She was afraid of going into the water, she was afraid that she might get sick and she was afraid that people would find out," says an IMB team member there. "At last, her desire to obey God's word overcame all of her fear, and the woman who had never been in water above her knees walked into the surf of the Atlantic and was baptized before fellow believers." Team members ask for continued prayer as they disciple N. and other believers among the Futa Toro in West Africa.

Pray this week for the Futa Tora and other people groups in West Africa.